Brother Courage

Talked to Thankful for a long time (early) this morning. Her brother was one amazing, loving critter. Would be hard to even guess how many lives he changed for the better. He worked tirelessly for Gay Rights, Human Rights, for the whole of his life. I doubt the effects of such a wave of love and energy will ever end in this world. She's lucky to have had him in her life.

That said, he was lucky to have her. As are we all. Full Snuggle Thankful. The most loving woman I've ever known.

To light a candle for Rene, for Thankful, for the family and friends: Clicky!

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=T2T4D


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prequinox, before the first girl

waiting

making lists of wants, needs

seeds for the garden

waiting

with a little dreaming on the side

need a spring cleaning

a bonfire

a ceremony for the uninitiated

a tonic

feeling there, just

under the rib

something

something

beats a little harder

a little faster

just there

beneath the pulse

something

something

moving

is it you?



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To know him was to love him

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Rene ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

28 July 1953 - 27 Feb 2007

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One of his requests is to have this played at the visitation.

True Colors

Cyndi Lauper

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dRKqBqvHfjUlive

You with the sad eyes

don't be discouraged

oh I realize

it's hard to take courage

in a world full of people

you can lose sight of it all

and the darkness inside you

can make you feel so small

But I see your true colors

shining through

I see your true colors

and that's why I love you

so don't be afraid to let them show

your true colors

true colors are beautiful

like a rainbow

Show me a smile then

don't be unhappy, can't remember

when I last saw you laughing

if this world makes you crazy

and you've taken all you can bear

you call me up

because you know I'll be there

I can't remember when I last saw you laugh.

And I'll see your true colors

shining through

I see your true colors

and that's why I love you

so don't be afraid to let them show

your true colors,

true colors are beautiful

like a rainbow

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A class act till the very end . A man of great courage who did it his way.

ww.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?item=147&todo=view_item




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♥ Renee ♥

Feel safe now?

Ya. Me, neither. . . .

puddle's gonna be a mommy! Wheeeeee!!!!

puddle is walking around doing that nesting thing that is an 18 hour warning but we had a foot more of heavy snow that is hard to move and I finally got through the 5 foot drifts to the silage and still have my feeding to do as well as helping Barbara if she needs it, so I may not be back for a few hours.

Phil Specht
Sun, 02/25/07
10:53 am

Or this

Several inches, then ice, and it's due to go on for another day or so. All the melting progress of the past week wiped out. And yet it is heartbreakingly gorgeous. What can I say? The picture above is from Norway. . . .



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Or this

Actually, more snow than this. . . .

Damn! I'm tired of Winter. . . .

	Tonight Cloudy. Freezing rain...and sleet likely after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s. Light and variable winds...becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
	Sunday Freezing rain. Around a quarter inch ice accumulation possible. Highs in the lower 30s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
	Sunday Night Freezing rain in the evening...then a chance of freezing rain after midnight. Lows in the mid 20s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
	Monday Mostly cloudy with a chance of freezing rain in the morning...then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
	Monday Night Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Lows in the lower 20s.

Andrew Anthos passed away at 7:30 pm this evening at Detroit Receiving Hospital surrounded by the family that love him and that he loved. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has offered to pay for Anthos' Funeral Expenses.

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An old man,

Killed for singing on a bus

Killed while wheeling a friend home

Bashed in the back of the head

with an iron pipe

Anthos means flower.



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Tanner update

Midnight Feb 22/23

Tanner has decided that he needs to make up for the lack of real baths this past year. He has been taking 2 or 3 baths a day, and would live in the tub if I would let him!

We experimented with taking out his feeding tube. It was out for a few days, but I became exhausted with trying to get the 30 oz of fluid in him everyday. He is not a big drinker. So, the tube is back in and hopefully he'll develop a desire to drink...a lot! His eating has gotten a lot better. His favorite food of the week is PIZZA. He'll eat a couple slices a day. I have to make sure there's always pizza in the fridge. He also likes peanut m&ms!

As I type, Tanner is sitting at the desk next to me, drawer open, measuring tape out, measuring the drawer. Oh, now he's playing with thread. Now it's the pins and the pin cushion. Now, back to the thread. He's building a tower out of the spools. This is one cute boy.

This is our sleep schedule, fun.

until later, Megan

Snowed last night. . . .

The word from Iowa this morning

there is a boy calf named Rene this morning and he will get the best of care, his sister is Thankful and their mother Blessing is doing fine

bbl kindness is free

spread the love

[Phil Specht]

Made It Through Another Winter

Made It Through Another Winter

yes,when dawn breaks the slot and light no longer moves forward but then swings the pendulum back the cold earth warms, not that we notice, so we mark the wall

or stand the massive stones, and dance by the fire

soon we do notice and by the time our stone and the source, swing evenly to the arc of the stars the birds have noticed, and gather nests

but if in luck we hear them as the snow melts

our blood and water run again as the planet spins its circle and paths cross equinox past

~~ Phil Specht

Tanner on his one year diagnosis anniversary after having his first REAL bath in a whole year!



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During the rapid spring thaw of 1952, 1300 South Street in Salt Lake City became a river of water with dirt and sandbag boundaries. (Photo courtesy of National Weather Service.)

I remember this one. My Dad's business was on 13th South. That river ran down the street for two weeks. We have family movies of us all on the dirt bank in front of Commercial Equipment (they built Peterbilts). They even had time to build bridges at intervals across it. When I waded it it, it was up to my 11-year-old chest.

The one I have going right now, in front of the house is a good bit earlier, and colder. Ice flows have been pushed into the bridge culverts, and over the bridge. The water is running over the bridge. More rain expected. Fun, I say, fun!!

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Something like this. . . .

Genealogy run amuk -- an email from my co-Mother-in-Law. . . .

Who is Jack Schitt?

For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt? We find
ourselves at a loss when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt!'
Well, thanks to my genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual
way.

Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer
magnate, married O. Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They
had one son, Jack.
In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religious couple
produced six children: Holie Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull
Schitt, and the twins Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.
Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a
high school dropout. After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt
divorced.
Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and because her kids were living
with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as
Noe Schitt Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son with
a rather nervous disposition named Chicken Schitt. Two of the other six
children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable throughout
childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual
ceremony.

The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens
nuptials. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Horse.
Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently
returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt.

Now when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt,' you can correct
them.


Sincerely,
Crock O. Schitt

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Beautiful day! Clear blue, sunshine, and warm (nearly fifty degrees). Which has made my porch, terrace, driveway, and road all the way up to the mailbox, sheer, gorgeous glare ice. May be weeks before I can step out, lol! Am more housebound than I was during the cold! And worse: I need water! Out to set the bucket under the drips. . . .



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From Ash-Wednesday ~~ T. S. Eliot

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Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn
Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope
I no longer strive to strive towards such things
(Why should the aged eagle stretch its wings?)
Why should I mourn
The vanished power of the usual reign?

Because I do not hope to know again
The infirm glory of the positive hour
Because I do not think
Because I know I shall not know
The one veritable transitory power
Because I cannot drink
There, where trees flower, and springs flow, for there is nothing again

Because I know that time is always time
And place is always and only place
And what is actual is actual only for one time
And only for one place
I rejoice that things are as they are and
I renounce the blessed face
And renounce the voice
Because I cannot hope to turn again
Consequently I rejoice, having to construct something
Upon which to rejoice

And pray to God to have mercy upon us
And pray that I may forget
These matters that with myself I too much discuss
Too much explain
Because I do not hope to turn again
Let these words answer
For what is done, not to be done again
May the judgement not be too heavy upon us

Because these wings are no longer wings to fly
But merely vans to beat the air
The air which is now thoroughly small and dry
Smaller and dryer than the will
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.

Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death
Pray for us now and at the hour of our death.



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Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Laissez les bon temps rouler!!!